The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, June 18, 1912, Image 5

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5W9SlWfSBr- A -, - -.WIMIN HAVE GRABBED A LOT OF RIGHTS SINCEhHBSt J3'"Let Her Gush!" Roared I.Things have changed since Artemus Ward wrote the followingon woman's rights. He wrote itsome 50 years ago, but if. we wereliving and writing now he mightnot be so bold." He said:"I pitcht my tent in a smalltown inlnjianny one day last seeson & while I was standin at thedore. takin money, a deppyfashunof ladies came up & sed they wosmembers of the BunkumvilleFemale Reformin & Wimmin'sRites Association and they axedme if they cood go in withoutpayin. ,"Not exactly," sez I, "but youcan pay without goin in." '"Dew you know who we air?"'said one of the wimina tall andf erdshus lookin critter."My impreshun is,"vsed I,"from a kersery view, that youair females.""We air, sur," said the feroshus woman "we belong to asociety whitch beleeves "wiminhas rites whitch beleeves in raz-in her to her proper speerwhitch beleeves she is endowedwith as much intelleck as man iswhitch beleeves she is trampledon and aboozed & who will resist hense-4th & forever the incroachments of proud & domineering men.""I hopue, marm," sez I, "thatyour intensions is honorable. I'ma lone man hear in a strangeplace. Besides, I've a wife tohum.""& can't our sosiety go in free?"asked the female."Not if I know it," sed I.' "Crooil, crooil man !" she cried& burst into tears."Don't you let my darter in?"sed another of the exsentricwimin, takin me afeckshunitelyby the hand. "O, please let raydarter in she's a sweet gushinchild of nature.""Let her gush," roared LWhereupon they all sprung backwith the simultanious observashun that I was a beest'